org.springframework.webflow.definition.registry

Interface FlowDefinitionLocator

All Known Subinterfaces:

FlowDefinitionRegistry

All Known Implementing Classes:

FlowDefinitionRegistryImpl

public interface FlowDefinitionLocator

A runtime service locator interface for retrieving flow definitions by id. Flow locators are needed by flow executors at runtime to retrieve fully-configured flow definitions to support launching new flow executions.

Author:

Keith Donald, Erwin Vervaet

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
FlowDefinition	getFlowDefinition(java.lang.String id) Lookup the flow definition with the specified id.

Method Detail

getFlowDefinition

FlowDefinition getFlowDefinition(java.lang.String id)
                          throws NoSuchFlowDefinitionException,
                                 FlowDefinitionConstructionException

Lookup the flow definition with the specified id.

Parameters:

id - the flow definition identifier

Returns:

the flow definition

Throws:

NoSuchFlowDefinitionException - when the flow definition with the specified id does not exist

FlowDefinitionConstructionException - if there is a problem constructing the identified flow definition